Whooooaaaaaaaa "trivial slapping"
excuse me, but any man giving a "trivial slap" to a woman is abusing her in my book, NO slap is TRIVIAL.
What is a trivial slap? A slap that does not cause serious injury. This isnt rocket science and if someone cant put that together, I have to wonder why that is.
Yes, I have slapped several people in my life, and some were female. I have never slapped my wife but if the situation warranted it, I would do so. If you dont like that, I dont care.
There are times when people say and do things that merit justifiable rage and force. There are times when someone needs to be shocked out of their panic, self assured shell, or belief that their provocations are beyond any consequence.
That such an act of violence might get me put in jail is something that concerns me, so I avoid associating with unstable people that might put me in that situation. But I dont screw around with idiots and jack-asses that are going to behave stupidly, I perform my responsibilities reliably, and I obey the laws as much as I can to avoid any trouble with the law.
This nation is suffering from a wave of anti-violence hysteria. Violence is a morally neutral act; a tool that may or may not be used appropriately. Simply because something is violent does not mean it is ipso-facto immoral or wrong. Sometimes a good kick in the butt or a slap across the cheek is exactly what the person needs to straighten them out.
But in general, the abhorance toward violence is the biggest form of hypocrisy around today. While so many state that it is a horrible, unjustifiable thing that a man slap a woman, they ignore the horridness of a woman slapping a man. While our nation reacts with horror at video of two women slapping each other, they laugh at a video showing a man being struck in the genitals.
If slapping a woman warrants putting the man in jail every time under any and every circumstance, then far more women than men would be in jail today because men consider it unmanly to complain of such things. Most men are aware of the double standard but do not care to think about it or speak out. I am aware of it, and I will speak plainly because some one must and that is how I choose to live - honestly with myself, my fellow man and my God.
But there are justifiable times to slap a person, male or female, just as their are other times that violence needs to be used and is justified. It varies in scale according to the situation, from someone slashing your tires to them pointing a loaded gun in your face, and the justifiable force used in response varies in proportion to the afront/threat.
That some of the moral Storm Troopers are ready to hang my hide out to dry for daring to dissent on this issue is amusing, but if they dont like it, they can stuff it.